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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 28, 2003 Page 3 1 Mayor Hodson thanked Ms. Wittsack for being present and thanked the Met Council for the 2 grant that assisted the City in jump-starting the major redevelopments in the City. 3 4 Councilmember Faust thanked Ms. Wittsack for coming to the meeting. 5 6 C. Planning Commission meeting—October 21, 2003 7 1. Resolution 03-093 re: Autumn Woods II, LLP, 2534, 2538, 2542, 2546, and 2548 8 Kenzie Terrace,• request amendment to Planned Unit Development 9 Planning Commissioner Steeves stated the Planning Commission held a public hearing on July 10 25, 2003, on the Autumn Woods II Planned Unit Development(PUD) amendment and 11 recommended City Council approval subject to there being 38 parking stalls rather than the 12 35 proposed; review of the plans and cross easements by the City Attorney; and completion 13 of the replat. On July 22, 2003 the City Council approved the PUD amendment with the 14 conditions recommended by the Planning Commission. After the approvals, Staff learned 15 that some of the neighbors of the development had not been notified of the July 15`''Public 16 Hearing, as they should have. Mr. Brewer opted to have a rehearing so that these neighbors 17 would have an opportunity to speak and provide input to the development. The Planning 18 Commission held that public hearing on October 21, 2003. He noted ponding was discussed 19 at this meeting along with screening on this site abutting the residential properties. Planning 20 Commissioner Steeves stated a fencing option was discussed as well,but noted this was left 21 up to the discretion of the developer after further discussions with the neighboring property 22 owners. 23 24 Commissioner Steeves provided the Council with a brief overview of the development 25 details stating that the developer has proposed an excellent fit with the adjacent 26 Motion by Councilmember Thuesen, seconded by Councilmember Faust, to adopt Resolution 27 03-093,re: Autumn Woods II, LLP, 2534, 2538, 2542, 2546, and 2548 Kenzie Terrace; 28 amendment to Planned Unit Development with stated conditions. 29 30 Discussion: 31 Councilmember Thuesen asked what type of fencing was proposed. Commissioner Steeves 32 stated this was not addressed in detail,but the neighboring properties felt that a burm would 33 allow for passage through their property where a fence would increase the privacy of these 34 homeowners. He noted the developer was looking at the issue and noted the Commission was in 35 favor of the landscaping. Commissioner Steeves stated if a fence were put on this site, the 36 proposed landscaping would be scaled back. 37 38 Councilmember Horst questioned if the developer proposed the landscaping and burming. 39 Commissioner Steeves stated this was the case. He indicated however the neighboring 40 homeowners would be in favor of a fence and that it was left up to the developer's discretion to 41 work this out with the neighboring property owners. 42 City Manager Mornson noted there were two action items for this issue, one being the 43 amendment and the other being the rezoning of the property. 44 45 Motion carried unanimously. 46